sickened
Example Sentences
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She felt betrayed, and sickened, but did not immediately end the relationship.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
The smell sickened response workers who had to take breaks outside, she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
As the days went on, the smell worsened, drawing swarms of flies and rats to the neighborhood, where they pestered and sickened locals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Nearly 13,000 people across 21 states had been sickened, 570 hospitalized and two had died after an outbreak linked to shredded iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Laboring, this woman who had carried her child as a foreign growth that sickened her every day, expelled it at last.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
